Hillory — unisex name
27 babies named Hillory in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Hillory was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Hillory in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hillory
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Hillory between 1970 and 1982, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hillory currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Hillory is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hillory performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hillory shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hillory in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hillory at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hillory popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1970
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
27 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 7 births in a single year.
Hillory popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1914 (Hillory as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Hillory accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hillory by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17 births that decade — 63% of Hillory's all-time total
Hillory decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Hillory's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.